Sophie

#55 for girls in 2025, 3,984 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2011 · 4,732 births
Debut · girls
83 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
138,577
since 1880

Sophie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #51, 2011girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#553,984—
2024#603,583—
2023#603,592#10,8216
2022#633,524—
2021#763,331—
2020#753,315—
2019#853,186—
2018#982,948—
2017#1062,837—
2016#1092,875—
2015#1042,953—
2014#913,394—
2013#763,753—
2012#524,581#12,2745
2011#514,732#8,0799
2010#594,416#10,7666
2009#654,267—
2008#754,065—
2007#823,988#8,1739
2006#1232,784—
2005#1362,440—
2004#1352,388#8,9277
2003#1512,231—
2002#1492,245—
2001#1512,173—
2000#1602,101—
1999#1841,685—
1998#2551,216—
1997#2671,081—
1996#330854—
1995#379697—
1994#413602—
1993#454552—
1992#482512—
1991#555421—
1990#605373—
1989#630334#6,2297
1988#747251—
1987#750239—
1986#791213—
1985#802206—
1984#930158—
1983#1,037135—
1982#1,34592—
1981#1,58074—
1980#1,52877—
1979#1,56973—
1978#1,52373—
1977#1,35883—
1976#1,63860—
1975#1,43073—
1974#1,36476—
1973#1,47864—
1972#1,36473—
1971#1,51666—
1970#1,29383—
1969#1,22683—
1968#1,14788—
1967#1,04697—
1966#1,09692—
1965#1,042101—
1964#1,17288—
1963#1,036107—
1962#1,12194—
1961#1,19985—
1960#1,11794—
1959#1,13588—
1958#1,037102—
1957#1,14485—
1956#1,02799—
1955#961106—
1954#940105—
1953#927104—
1952#854116—
1951#787128—
1950#809116—
1949#748131—
1948#810114—
1947#791120—
1946#785110—
1945#749100—
1944#753103—
1943#699119—
1942#622145—
1941#530174—
1940#527170—
1939#546150—
1938#499178—
1937#459204—
1936#454198—
1935#408251—
1934#403262—
1933#366300—
1932#326378—
1931#309425—
1930#287524#3,5926
1929#250632—
1928#235708—
1927#215883#3,7806
1926#203953—
1925#1901,102—
1924#1701,372#3,8676
1923#1591,490—
1922#1531,582#4,3075
1921#1361,865#3,5177
1920#1291,965#4,2865
1919#1092,200—
1918#1082,300#3,0968
1917#1002,382#3,2177
1916#1012,198#3,1777
1915#972,112—
1914#1001,584#2,9156
1913#1131,122—
1912#117989—
1911#125671—
1910#132621—
1909#144496—
1908#133523—
1907#146451#1,3455
1906#155384—
1905#153374—
1904#149359—
1903#158311—
1902#170279—
1901#151324—
1900#162338—
1899#161278—
1898#181259—
1897#150308—
1896#170258—
1895#173240—
1894#173234—
1893#163235—
1892#177203—
1891#166203—
1890#168206—
1889#170172—
1888#168171—
1887#164149—
1886#152156—
1885#165125—
1884#162120—
1883#163103—
1882#155110—
1881#17178—
1880#15683—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sophie was already there! It came in at #156, and was given to 83 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1981, when fewer than 89 girls a year got the name.

Where Sophie is popular in 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #528 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,731 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #371 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,318 girlsMINew York: #281 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,923 girlsNYMassachusetts: #306 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,525 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedINOhio: #479 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,166 girlsOHPennsylvania: #415 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,547 girlsPANew Jersey: #235 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,244 girlsNJConnecticut: #248 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,448 girlsCTCalifornia: #704 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,149 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #169 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 651 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #425 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,502 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedHITexas: #662 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,084 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#169 · 1 in 651
  2. New Jersey#235 · 1 in 2,244
  3. Connecticut#248 · 1 in 2,448
  4. New York#281 · 1 in 2,923
  5. Massachusetts#306 · 1 in 4,525

Best ever in a state: #10 in Alaska, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#16991 in 651
New Jersey#235131 in 2,244
Connecticut#24851 in 2,448
New York#281331 in 2,923
Massachusetts#30671 in 4,525
Michigan#37191 in 5,318
Pennsylvania#415121 in 6,547
South Carolina#42551 in 4,502
Ohio#47971 in 8,166
Illinois#52871 in 8,731
Texas#66291 in 7,084
California#70451 in 11,149
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sophie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#60 → #55)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#75 → #55)
  • 49 spots since 2015 (#104 → #55)
  • Biggest jump: 128 spots in 1985 (#930 → #802)
  • Biggest drop: 92 spots in 1942 (#530 → #622)
Rise & fade · girls
131 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2011 at #51 (4,732 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 2007–2014
  • Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 372
  • Highest: 1 in 372 girls born in 2011 were named Sophie (0.27%)
  • Latest: 1 in 403 girls born in 2025 (0.25%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 25.7% of all girls named Sophie (35,675) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #97 (1915) → #1,638 (1976) → #51 (2011)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,267#152 (1886)#163
1890s2,424#150 (1897)#168
1900s3,839#133 (1908)#152
1910s16,179#97 (1915)#110
1920s12,552#129 (1920)#184
1930s2,870#287 (1930)#406
1940s1,286#527 (1940)#701
1950s1,049#787 (1951)#962
1960s929#1,036 (1963)#1,120
1970s724#1,293 (1970)#1,453
1980s1,779#630 (1989)#1,014
1990s7,993#184 (1999)#392
2000s28,682#65 (2009)#123
2010s35,675#51 (2011)#83
2020s21,329#55 (2025)#65

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sophie in 1941

girls
#530
174 births · 1 in 6,943 girls

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #530Sophie174
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 6,943 of them was named Sophie, which outranked 89.6% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sophie
  1. #525Carmela176
  2. #525Retha176
  3. #529Dian175
  4. #530Sophie174
  5. #530Frieda174
  6. #530Ladonna174
  7. #533Nan173
  8. #534Kitty172
  9. #534Michele172

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1941 →